Wednesday, 21 September 2016

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Slow progress on bill to battle Zika and prevent shutdown
Tuesday, September 20, 2016 5:06 PM
Congressional aides say that Republicans have offered to drop especially controversial provisions involving pesticide regulations and work schedules for long-haul truckers.


UnitedHealthcare plan members win class-action status over denied mental health services
Tuesday, September 20, 2016 3:58 PM
Hundreds of UnitedHealthcare beneficiaries can sue the insurer as a class over its mental health coverage, a California federal judge ruled Monday.


U.N. tackles antibiotic resistance as global health threat worsens
Tuesday, September 20, 2016 3:52 PM
A rise in the number of antimicrobial-resistant infections is in the global spotlight as world leaders on Wednesday discuss the growing threat of a post-antibiotic world.


Wells Fargo scandal raises heat for Dignity Health CEO, other board members
Tuesday, September 20, 2016 2:43 PM
Senators castigated Wells Fargo & Co. CEO John Stumpf on Tuesday about the banking giant's customer account scandal. Questions were raised about the Wells Fargo board -- which includes Dignity Health CEO Lloyd Dean -- and whether it would take...


LabCorp announces new Covance CEO
Tuesday, September 20, 2016 2:32 PM
Laboratory Corporation of America has announced the next CEO of its Covance drug development division, just two weeks after Deborah Keller announced she would resign.


Chinese billionaire adds 3.5 million more shares of CHS
Tuesday, September 20, 2016 2:10 PM
Chinese billionaire Tianqiao Chen has purchased 3.5 million more shares of Community Health Systems and now holds 14.7 million shares or 12.9% of the struggling hospital chain, CHS said in a regulatory filing Tuesday.


Kindred pays feds largest penalty ever recorded for integrity agreement violations
Tuesday, September 20, 2016 1:49 PM
Kindred Healthcare will pay a $3 million penalty and close several sites after failing to implement corrections to its billing system under a corporate integrity agreement with the federal government, the largest such penalty issued to date.


Billing company hit with first-ever penalty by HHS in Medicare case
Tuesday, September 20, 2016 1:24 PM
The owner and operator of a New Jersey billing company will pay a $100,000 penalty after submitting fraudulent Medicare claims for diagnostic tests that were never conducted, marking the first such penalty from HHS' Office of Inspector General.


Allergan targets liver disease drugs with Tobira acquisition
Tuesday, September 20, 2016 11:26 AM
Botox-maker Allergan is bulking up its drug pipeline by acquiring Tobira Therapeutics and two potential liver disease treatments in a deal that could be worth almost $1.7 billion.


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